@article{ref1,
title="Otogenic tension pneumocephalus caused by therapeutic lumbar CSF drainage for post-traumatic hydrocephalus: a case report",
journal="Ear, nose, and throat journal",
year="2007",
author="Chan, Edwin K. and Meiteles, Lawrence Z.",
volume="86",
number="7",
pages="391-3, 405",
abstract="Tension pneumocephalus occurs when a continuous flow of air accumulates in the intracranial cavity and produces a mass effect on the brain. We describe a case in which tension pneumocephalus was caused by the performance of continuous lumbar CSF drainage in a middle-aged man who had experienced a temporal bone fracture. Continuous lumbar CSF drainage is commonly performed in patients with temporal bone or basilar skull fractures to treat concomitant post-traumatic CSF rhinorrhea, CSF otorrhea, and/or hydrocephalus. However; to the best of our knowledge, there has been no previously reported case of tension pneumocephalus occurring as a complication of this procedure in a patient with a temporal bone fracture.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-5613",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}